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30 October 2020As a new associate member of the Global Alliance for Literacy, IFLA spoke at the alliance’s annual meeting, held on 28-29 October. IFLA’s intervention underlined the importance of ensuring that libraries are integrated into literacy strategy planning and delivery.
30 October 2020IFLA Information Technology Section - Open webinar series: quarterly online coffee talks with librarians and academics on emerging technologies
Webinar #2: "Where do we fit into the 4IR: librarians' perceptions" - Follow-up
30 October 2020If you are a WeChat user, join CPDWL's WeChat Group! Our group name is IFLA CPDWL SC.
29 October 2020The Governing Board met on Thursday 27 October. Items on the agenda included the new statutes for IFLA that will guide the Federation and that reflect the work done on the Governance Review. The Governing Board approved the draft statutes which will be available to members at the General Assembly on 5 November and will be voted on at the Extraordinary General Assembly on 12 February 2021.
29 October 2020Joint Webinar from the IFLA Information Literacy (IL) Section and Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN) Section on "Using Universal Design for Learning to Enhance Information Literacy Programs: Online and In the Library" - Recordings, presentation slides and reference materials from the speakers are available now.
28 October 2020Join SET on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/iflaset/
27 October 2020IFLA has submitted a statement ahead of the 59th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Social Development, focus on the role of digital technologies. The statement underlines the need to give everyone the connection, collections and confidence to use the internet effectively.
27 October 2020In this article, we explore the ways that the Fiji Library Association has been showing its commitment in supporting the achievement of the IFLA Strategy.
26 October 20202020 Theme: Your Window to the World
24 October 2020The latest update on activities related to the Sustainable Development Goals from IFLA includes information on the following: Voluntary National Reviews 2021, our Data for Advocacy webinar, the Library Pledge for Digital Inclusion, an update on the Library Map of the World, our latest Library Stat of the Week posts, the Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers report, IFLA's Get Into Guides, and a list of relevant recent blogs.
23 October 2020Over the past months, IFLA, FAIFE and our partners in different countries around the world have prepared a series of submissions to the Universal Periodic Review processes organised by the Human Rights Council. This month, we had an opportunity to take an in-depth look at how libraries in Belgium help deliver on the human rights of the communities they serve.
23 October 2020IFLA, alongside the International Association of University Libraries, has signed onto the below statement, calling for publishers to recognise pressures on library funding, and reduce prices in 2021, in order to avoid a significant drop in the information available to students and researchers.
20 October 2020In this article, IFLA celebrates World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day and illustrates the work of IFLA’s Health and Biosciences Libraries Section (HBS) and its sponsored Special Interest Group: Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) in supporting the achievement of the IFLA Strategy.
20 October 2020The 2020 IFLA General Assembly will be held Thursday 5 November in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, in The Hague, The Netherlands.
16 October 2020A coalition of organisations representing libraries and technologists has called on governments and decision-makers to ensure that every community is connected, and, through libraries, has access to the content and skills needed to enjoy the benefits that the internet can bring.
16 October 2020IFLA is proud to sign up to two documents addressing a key issue of our time – the digital divide. The first calls on governments to act to support investment in wider connectivity and the libraries that help users make the most of it. The second represents a pledge to do all in our power to promote digital inclusion, and is open to wider signatures.